Isis fam subsp. gen var. indet, . sp. 1

Fassbender, Nico, Stefanoudis, Paris V, Filander, Zoleka Nontlantla, Gendron, Gilberte, Mah, Christopher L, Mattio, Lydiane, Mortimer, Jeanne A, Moura, Carlos J, Samaai, Toufiek, Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, Wagner, Daniel, Walton, Rowana & Woodall, Lucy C, 2021, Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 65970-65970 : 65970

"fam. Melithaeidae" gen. indet. sp. 1

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Melithaeidae sp. 1; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa; order: Alcyonacea; family: Melithaeidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Gray, 1870; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1, Poivre E 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 36.2 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 71.5 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Kaveh Samimi-Namin , Paris Stefanoudis ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Colonies up to 20 cm in height, mostly fan-shaped and uniplanar, sometimes slightly bushy. Mostly dichotomously branched, where branches originate from the nodes. Colouration rich purple-reddish colour at the base that becomes lighter towards the tips of the branches. The centre of the colony always appears darker than the edges (Fig. 41).